Gunnersbury is a London Overground and London Underground station in Gunnersbury in London, England on the North London line. The station opened on 1 January 1869 and is served by District line trains to and from Richmond, and by Arriva Rail London on the London Overground network.[8] On the District line the station is between Turnham Green and Kew Gardens, and on the North London line it is between South Acton and Kew Gardens.
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Location | Gunnersbury |
Local authority | London Borough of Hounslow |
Managed by | London Underground[1] |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code(s) | GUN |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 3 |
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1 January 1869 | Opened (L&SWR) |
1 January 1869 | Started (NLR) |
1870 | Started and Ended (GWR) |
1 June 1877 | Started (MR and DR) |
1 January 1894 | Started (GWR) |
31 December 1906 | Ended (MR) |
31 December 1910 | Ended (GWR) |
1916 | Ended (L&SWR) |
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Coordinates | 51°29′30″N 0°16′30″W / 51.4918°N 0.275°W |
The station is located off Chiswick High Road (A315) and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
History
editThe station was opened as Brentford Road on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond built from the West London Joint Railway starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia)). The line ran through Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith via a now closed curve and Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed). A short connection was also made from the North & South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR) line to Brentford meeting the L&SWR line immediately north of the station. This line was served by the North London Railway (NLR).
Brentford Road station originally had four platforms; two on the line to Richmond and two serving a loop (the Chiswick Curve) which connected to the line through Kew Bridge station.
Between 1 June 1870 and 31 October 1870 the Great Western Railway (GWR) briefly ran services from Paddington to Richmond via Hammersmith & City Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line) tracks to Grove Road then on the L&SWR tracks through Gunnersbury.
The station was given its current name in 1871.
On 1 June 1877, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened a short extension from its terminus at Hammersmith to connect to the L&SWR tracks east of Ravenscourt Park station. The DR then began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond. On 1 October 1877, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) restarted the GWR's former service to Richmond via Grove Road station.
The DR's service between Richmond, Hammersmith and central London was more direct than the NLR's route via Willesden Junction, the L&SWR's or the MR's routes via Grove Road station or the L&SWR's other route from Richmond via Clapham Junction. From 1 January 1894, the GWR began sharing the MR's Richmond service and served Gunnersbury once again, meaning that passengers from Gunnersbury could travel on the services of five operators.
Following the electrification of the DR's own tracks north of Acton Town in 1903, the DR funded the electrification of the tracks through Gunnersbury. The tracks on the Richmond branch were electrified on 1 August 1905. Whilst DR services were operated with electric trains, the L&SWR, NLR, GWR and MR services continued to be steam hauled.
MR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1906 and GWR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1910 leaving operations at Gunnersbury to the DR (by then known as the District Railway), the NLR and L&SWR. By 1916, the L&SWR's route through Hammersmith was being out-competed by the District to such a degree that the L&SWR withdrew its service between Richmond and Addison Road on 3 June 1916, leaving the District as the sole operator over that route.
In 1932, the Chiswick Curve was closed and the tracks were later removed. The site of the curve is now known as a housing estate known as Chiswick Village.
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On 8 December 1954 the station was damaged by a tornado which ripped off the roof and injured six people.[9][10][11]
In the 1960s the station was redeveloped with just the two platforms it currently possesses. The London Overground and London Underground services share the same tracks.
Services
editGunnersbury currently has the following National Rail (London Overground) London Underground (District Line) services, which are operated by Class 378, and S Stock
- London Underground
Off-peak:
- London Overground
Off-peak (including Sundays):[12]
Arrangement
editLondon Underground is classed as an open access operator between Richmond and Acton Lane Junction with LU purchasing individual slots on the North London line from Network Rail.
Connections
editLondon Buses routes 110, 237, 267, 440, H91 and night route N9 serve the station.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ "London Overground Signs Standard – Issue 3" (PDF). Transport for London. 3 August 2009. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "The Little Known Story of the Tornado which Ripped Apart a London Underground Station". MyLondon. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "History of UK Weather – 1954". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Tornado Hits London". British Pathe. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Table 59 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ "Buses from Gunnersbury" (PDF). TfL. March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Gunnersbury station from National Rail
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
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Kew Gardens towards Richmond
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North London line | South Acton towards Stratford
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Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
Kew Gardens towards Richmond
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District line Richmond branch
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Turnham Green towards Upminster
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Kew Gardens towards Richmond
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London and South Western Railway (1869–1916)
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Turnham Green towards West Brompton
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Metropolitan Railway (1877–1906)
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Turnham Green towards Paddington
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Great Western Railway (1894–1910)
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Kew Gardens towards Richmond
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Central line (1913)
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Heathfield Terrace towards Liverpool Street
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Central line (1920)
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Turnham Green towards Liverpool Street
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